Who is the world's richest man? The question prompted much head-scratching this week as a Spanish-language website, Sentido Comun, declared that Mexico's very own Carlos Slim had overtaken Bill Gates to seize the top spot.
Sentido Comun, which means "common sense", calculated that a 27% surge in the share price of Slim's America Movil group had pushed the cigar-chomping billionaire's wealth up to a staggering $67.8bn - a country mile ahead of Bill Gates' $59.2bn.

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